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Like an error, a warning is issued when something unexpected happens. 
Unlike an error, a warning doesn't abort the currently running program. 
A simple example of a warning is when a number is divided by zero.  In
this case Octave will issue a warning and assign the value Inf
to the result.
     a = 1/0
          -| warning: division by zero
           a = Inf